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The Sock Monster

I wrote The Sock Monster as a children’s book for a contest. The story focuses on setting out to make discoveries, not accepting the ordinary or obvious and questioning arbitrary conventions. The Sock Monster was illustrated by Alexandra Sternin.

Excerpt: The Sock Monster

Story by Jakob Straub, illustrations by Alexandra Sternin.

Camilo always had a lot of questions, which his mom had to answer.

“Why are the dinosaurs exctinct?”

“Why can nothing travel faster than the speed of light?”

“Why is the sky blue at day and black at night?”

“Here is a question for you two detectives,” Camilo’s dad said.

“Why do your socks keep disappearing, Camilo?”

“Maybe the sock monster is taking them,” Camilo’s mom said.

“The sock monster?” Camilo’s dad asked. “I would like to meet that monster.”